410 Aug 24, Rome was overrun by
the Visigoths, an event that symbolized the fall of the Western
Roman Empire. German barbarians sacked Rome [see Aug 18].
(V.D.-H.K.p.87)(AP, 8/24/97)(HN, 8/24/98)

451 Jun 20, Roman and Barbarian
warriors halted Attila’s army at the Catalaunian Plains
(Catalarinische Fields) in eastern France. Attila the Hun was
defeated by a combined Roman and Visigoth army. The Huns moved south
into Italy but were defeated again.
(V.D.-H.K.p.88)(HN, 6/20/98)

587 Recared, Leovigild's heir,
was converted to Catholicism and removed the barriers between Goths
and the Hispano-Romans.
(www.sispain.org/english/history/visigoth.html)

633 In Spain the 4th Synod of
Toledo took on the right to confirm elected kings. Jews were obliged
to be baptized. The vernacular language, of Latin origin, prevailed
over that of the Visigoths.
(www.sispain.org/english/history/visigoth.html)

711 Jul 19, The Muslim troops
crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoth king
Rodrigo at the battle of Guadalete. Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad
occupied Northern Spain. The Umayyads with the help of the Berbers
in North Africa moved across the Strait of Gibraltar and began the
conquest of Spain and Portugal. The word Gibraltar comes from the
term Jabal-al-Tarik, which means the hill of Tarik. Gebel-al-Tarik
means "Rock of Tarik."
(ATC, p.79)(SFEC, 9/29/96, Z1
p.2)(www.sispain.org/english/history/visigoth.html)